| • Seventh World Environmental Education Congress | le 2012-03-12 |
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 Type
Call for contributions
Date
9-14 June 2013
Answer before
31 October 2012
Place
Marrakech, Morocco
Source
Organisers' description:
The Seventh World Environmental Education Congress will be held in Marrakech (Morocco) from 9 to 14 June 2013.
The previous congresses took place in Portugal, Brazil, Italy, South Africa, Canada and Australia. In the next few months the location of the 2015 congress will be made known, for which numerous candidatures were presented, from Latin America, Asia and Europe, a sign of the growing interest in this important international event. The rural-urban relationship Morocco, among other things, is in a state of flux. A new constitution bringing political change has been in force since the end of 2011. A country with a long history and great artistic and natural assets, Morocco has in Marrakech a pearl of international fame. Another interesting aspect is the theme chosen by the local organising committee: the relationship between urban and rural reality, a particularly sensitive issue in Morocco where, like many other countries, an exodus from the countryside and a strong process of urban migration is being witnessed. In addition, climactic changes are bound to exacerbate the problem of water shortage, strongly felt in Morocco as in many other countries. In short, this is a very interesting transverse theme, because the urban/rural relationship has an enormous social and environmental impact and is totally dependent on relationships of power (urban classes as opposed to rural classes, the north and south in the world, division of economic power groups) and on the model of production and consumption. This theme also brings into play town planning, life styles, the relationship between man and nature, etc. Finally, this theme lends itself to involving new subjects in WEEC (international ONGs, agricultural organisations, farmers' movements, movements for responsible consumerism and fair trade), new disciplines and new institutions. The Proposal As always, along with the title theme of the congress, various other arguments relevant to environmental education (divided into a number of thematic niches) will be dealt with. The deadline for proposing papers, posters, workshops, round tables or parellel events is 31 October 2012. Abstracts can be presented in Arab, English, French and Spanish. The proposals will be evaluated by a scientific committee composed of international experts and figures from the Moroccan scientific community. |
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